King Kong is Tops

Indiewire is reporting through legendary film critic Leonard Maltin's blog that the original 1933 King Kong will finally arrive in a restored Blu-ray edition. The film was recently shown in a brand new restored presentation at Grauman's Chinese Theater, the awesome historical theater in California. It seems as if this spankin' new restoration will be the starting point for monkeying around in HD.

"Warner Bros.' new digital restoration, which will yield a Blu-ray home video release later this year, looked magnificent on the huge Chinese Theater screen," quotes Maltin on his blog. "Best of all, it didn't have the look of a spruced-up video: it was as if we were watching a pristine 35mm print. And it was preceded by Max Steiner's original overture."

Stay tuned to IGN Blu-ray for more information about this and other upcoming releases!